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• Two Hours

  by Rev. Suzanne Ranu May 11, 2014
  Today is Mother's Day, my children and their families are coming in two hours.  However, today is a bittersweet day for me.  It hit me yesterday that today would have been our 25th anniversary. My late husband always joked that on our 25th we would take a cruise. Well no cruise is happenin...
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• WHY?

  by Rev. Suzanne Ranu December 14, 2013
  I haven't been as talkative on here because I have been observing the posts and there are many WHYS as to the reason someone became a minister and joined this wonderful site.   I don't understand WHY someone becomes a ULC minister and joins this site knowing that it is a site for all faith pa...
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• Holiday Time

  by Rev. Suzanne Ranu November 24, 2013
  I went to the grocery store today to pick up some things that I needed. I am always amazed how people act before a holiday.  Pushing and shoving to get the right turkey, the right potatos the perfect vegges etc. etc. People yelling at each other, complaining about everything.  I was glad t...
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• Wondering.

  by Rev. Suzanne Ranu October 14, 2013
  Today I was talking to several different people at a breakfast meeting about a subject that I have always wondered about.   Why do some people think they are better than others.  Was it in their childhood, school, friends or something else.    My mother & father always said e...
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• Look Up.

  by Rev. Suzanne Ranu May 4, 2013
  Today, I went out to breakfast with a friend and noticed few people talking to each other as their heads were all bent over their cell phones. So later while out shopping I decided to sit and just watch people for awhile.  I noticed that the majority of the people walking by had their heads dow...
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• Friendship...

  by Rev. Suzanne Ranu July 23, 2012
  I had a question put to me today, "Why do people who claim to be your friend only come around when it is only convenient for them?" My response was; "Maybe they are what I call acquaintance friends.  If you like the person stay friendly with them just never count on them for being there for you...
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• Caring

  by Rev. Suzanne Ranu June 21, 2012
  This past month has been an interesting, happy and yes also a stressful one.. Our family found out that my granddaughter is fighting breast cancer, a friend/co-worker has a mass that they think is cancer, my daughter in law broke her collarbone and my uncle passed away, however on the joyful side we...
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• Memorial Day

  by Rev. Suzanne Ranu May 25, 2012
  Daddy's poem ---------------------- Her hair was up in a pony tail, Her favorite dress tied with a bow.... Today was Daddy's Day at school, And she couldn't wait to go. But her mommy tried to tell her, That she probably should stay home. Why the kids might not understand, If she went to school a...
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• Mother's Day...

  by Rev. Suzanne Ranu May 13, 2012
  A mother gives birth and know the pains and joys of bringing our children into this world.  Mothers teach their children, watch them grow, worry about them and protect them. She blesses each one of her children to be all that they can be.  A mother's wish is to be as perfect and dedicated ...
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• The Power of Prayer

  by Rev. Suzanne Ranu April 21, 2012
  This is my talk for the Power of Prayer for my gathering...   The reasons we pray are many, some pray asking for many things such as our health, our family, our financial sitiutation, for forgiveness and to thank our Creator for the many blessings he has bestowed on us.    We all ...
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• Solitude

  by Rev. Suzanne Ranu January 9, 2012
  I went to my special place this morning, the place that gives me the solitude that I need to ponder and to ask the Creator's help in a matter that needs to be resloved.   Time does not exist for me in this solitude.  I close my eyes in this quietness, I only hear my breathing, in and out...
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• Good Day.

  by Rev. Suzanne Ranu November 19, 2011
  Sometimes you wonder what is going on in your own little world... You go to work, visit friends, family and go on about your life and then you get that phone call.  Now I am not talking about anything bad happening but the call from out of nowhere from someone you have not talked to, I mean rea...

• Stillness

  by Rev. Suzanne Ranu November 7, 2011
  There are moments in our life that we need to be still.   We need to sit down slow our mind and heart.   We need to listen for the answers to all those questions we have.   In the quietness we will hear those answers in our heart and mind.   We all need to take time to be...

• Faith

  by Rev. Suzanne Ranu July 25, 2011
  Faith is a gift of the Creator.   It is not a material that can be seen, heard, smelled, tasted, or touched;   But is as real as anything that can be perceived with these senses.   One can be aware of Faith as easily as one can be aware of earth.   Faith is as certain as ...
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• In being Loved.

  by Rev. Suzanne Ranu July 23, 2011
  It is in loving, not in being loved, the heart is blessed.   It is in being true to who you are, not pretending to be someone else, the heart is blessed.   It is in being true to your loved ones, not pretending to love, the heart is blessed.   It is in giving, not in seeking gif...
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• Musing

  by Rev. Suzanne Ranu July 17, 2011
  Yesterday at the para legal meeting, I was talking to a woman who lives in the area of NJ that I used to live... We had a nice conversation about the area and then she asked me a question, "How do you do it after everything you have been through in your life how do you keep smiling?"  "Why are ...
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• A letter of Love and Memories.

  by Rev. Suzanne Ranu June 17, 2011
  A Letter to my Father.   Dear Dad.   My memories of you that stand out most in my mind are of you standing at the bottom of the stairs and me jumping into your arms with full trust that you would catch me.   Of you teaching me how to fish, going to the river at 5 in the morning ...
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• I am one.

  by Rev. Suzanne Ranu June 6, 2011
  Over the past week several things have happened in my life that I have not shared with anyone not one person. I felt the need yesterday to go to my special place to think on these things and hopefully get the answers that I need.  The peacefulness of that place always puts my mind at rest so I ...
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• Words

  by Rev. Suzanne Ranu May 23, 2011
  Take with you words, strong words of courage:   Words that have wings!   Take with you holy words, words that know the Creator;   Words that are sacred as healing waters;   Pure as light, and beautiful as morning;   Take with you tall words, words that reach up, &...
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• Just Musing

  by Rev. Suzanne Ranu May 2, 2011
  I had a friend ask me once if I ever looked back on the many moves in my life and wished that I had just stayed in one area. So I thought about that.  I have moved 24 times in my life. Two of them were with my family as a child.  The other 22 were all mine. (mine & family work moves) &nbs...
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• Searching for the Creator

  by Rev. Suzanne Ranu March 3, 2011
  If the Creator would speak to us now, i think he/she would say: You can see me all around you. I am the Sun, the Moon, the Earth and the Stars. You can find me in the forest. You can find me in the sea. You can find me in the fire. You can find me in the wind. You can find me in your heart. ...

• Prayer for a Journey

  by Rev. Suzanne Ranu February 25, 2011
  We Come with open Hearts. We will accept what comes to us. We give our life as an offering.  May the spirit animals come. May the powers of the directions come. May the powers of the elements come. May our lives begin to change. So we may bring Harmony and Balance.  I Call Forth to hear th...
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• Day after Day

  by Rev. Suzanne Ranu February 14, 2011
  Thinking of you with a hole in my heart. So much love I don't know where to start with a tear in my eye and a sadness in my soul, it seem like nothing can plug this hole, I want to shout, I want to scream. Can anything end this nightmare dream.   I want to hold you, I need to say I love you i...
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• We Love You

  by Rev. Suzanne Ranu February 13, 2011
  We loved you enough that it was hard when you went away. We never knew a day so dark and such despair we felt that day. We had no words of comfort for your Mom and Dad that day. Love could not fill the void that dark and sad day. We know you are in a better place that family is there. We know y...